Description: A journey-bound singer and composer venturing into the 21st century, vocalist Maria Schafer's silken voice and deft improvisation skills craft original jazz, Brazilian, and folk influences into heartfelt and endearing audience experiences. As a classical and film score session singer she enjoys a wide variety of vocal recording and performance work in Los Angeles and remotely.
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A weekly feature on California's #1 jazz radio station, singer Maria Schafer's mesmerizing voice and winsome, genuine style have captivated jazz lovers over the airwaves and on the world stage. As a rising star chanteuse and bandleader her songbook is seasoned with fresh, well-crafted arrangements of jazz chestnuts, catchy, heartfelt originals, and dancing grooves influenced by folk and Latin realms. With each concert crafting an alchemic connection both onstage and with audiences, Ms. Schafer's earnest phr
Maria has performed at festivals including the Monterey Jazz Festival and Montreal Jazz Festival, and appeared on performing arts center stages across the USA and Canada, Riga Jazz Stage in Latvia, and Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Blue Note Tokyo, and Blue Note Nagoya in Japan. Her two full-length albums feature folk-tinged jazz originals and new-fashioned standards and are played regularly on radio stations across North America including KKJZ (Los Angeles), KNKX (Washington), KCSU (Colorado), WDCB (Chicago), an
"Schafer's awareness of when to embellish and when to pull on the reins stands out among the current crop of jazz singers all-too eager to show off their chops at the expense of communicating actual emotion." - Jefferson Public Radio